TRAP BALL.

To play at this game, the trap is placed on the ground; two stakes are driven at twenty-one yards from the trap, and the same distance apart; and a line is drawn across, about a yard from the ground.

Beyond this, the players forming the out side, place themselves. The player on the inside, then, places the ball on the trap; on striking the tongue, the ball rises; this, the player strikes; and if he either does not hit it at all, or does not hit it over the line and between the bounds, he is out.

After the ball has been struck, the out side endeavours to catch it, before it touches the ground. If they do so, the striker is out. If they cannot catch it, they stop it as soon as they can, and bowl it at the trap, which if they hit the player is out. If not, one is scored to the game.

This game is played with as many of a side as may be on the ground.

(Illustrating Impulsion, &c.)

BOWLING.

PLATE XV.

THIS game is played either in open bowling greens, or in closer alleys.

The bowling green should be from half an acre to an acre in size, of square form, and planted with trees at the ends, to afford shelter in hot weather to the players.

Its surface should not be lower than the general level of the neighbouring grounds, in order to be free from moisture. It should also be perfectly level and firm; and hence it requires frequent mowing and rolling.

Bowling, says an old writer, "is a pastime in which a man shall find great art in choosing out his ground, and preventing the winding, hanging, and many turning advantages of the same, whether it be in open wilde places, or in close allies; and for this sport, the chusing of the

bowle is the greatest cunning; your flat bowles being best for allies, your round byazed bowles for open grounds of advantage, and your round bowles, like a ball, for green swarthes that are plain and level."

When there is a number of players, they are divided into two sides. Each player has two bowls of similar size, and numbered, or having different marks, so that he may know his own. The order in which they are to throw is decided by lot.

The first player throws a smaller bowl, called the jack, about thirty paces, which serves as a mark. He then rolls one of his own balls so as to lay it as near the jack as he can. A second player follows, and endeavours to lay his bowl nearer to the jack than his opponent. The partner of the first player then follows; and so on, in succession, till all the bowls are played.

The objects of every player are to place his ball as close as possible to the jack; to drive away his adversary's ball when it lies between the jack and one of his own; to place his ball so that it may cover the balls of his party, and prevent their being driven away from the jack; or to remove the jack itself, so as to bring it nearer to